Vipère au poing

Viper in his fist, it is the ruthless fight delivered by Jean Rezeau, says Brasse Bouillon, and by his brothers to their mother, an abhorrent woman whom they nicknamed Folcoche. Screaming of hatred and revolt, this novel, largely autobiographical, the first d'Hervé Bazin, brought him fame and immediately classified him among the most read writers of the 20th century.